Yay! Gratz on finally being a fully legal EDH general Thelon!
Posted By:
Mudbutt_on
(4/1/2011 11:36:14 PM)
Nice color identity Thelon ;)
Posted By:
lorendorky
(6/19/2011 1:01:28 AM)
I play him the exact same way, ddde, and usually only make tokens to chump block or to get ready for the next turns overrun. Whether i win due to giant fungi or due to an army of pumped saprolings, my deck can be remarkably dangerous with this guy in play. He also helps speed up your deck by making your thallids an actual threat before you can get the token production in full swing. Good incentive to look elsewhere in multiplayer.
Posted By:
jsttu
(11/1/2011 11:35:00 PM)
@Wormfang
Sorry, but +1/+1 != +1/+1 counters. Thelon's ability gives them a boost to their stats, which is not the same as putting a +1/+1 counter on them for each spore counter they have.
I like the guy, and it is certainly cool that you can use him as a green and black general now, but thallids and other cards that utilize a well built-up board are not terribly reliable strategies in EDH, with all of the board wiping that tends to go on (your own playgroups may vary though), and the fact that it is a very visible strategy that other players will likely recognize the obvious and team up against provided you are ever significantly in the lead. Still, he is definitely a cool and flavorful general for a thallid/saproling deck that doesn't want to include white, or just dislikes Ghave. His low cmc yet strong effect make him a strong inclusion in a 1v1 or regular multiplayer deck as well. He deserves his high rating no doubt.
Posted By:
ProbablyThatGuy
(1/7/2012 6:52:00 PM)
Ashes of the Fallen
Posted By:
HairlessThoctar
(1/27/2011 5:46:37 PM)
hes all like what was that B I T C H
Posted By:
MasterOfEtherium
(4/18/2011 10:49:11 PM)
No, Thelon cannot be an EDH General. The rules of EDH are such that no card may be in the deck which has a mana symbol not in the General's mana cost. Thelon's mana cost is GG; however, Thelon has a B on the card. B is not G, and therefore Thelon cannot be a General, given that he inherently violates the rules.
This is true for many other would-be generals, such as Memnarch, Daughter of Autum, and Bosh, the Iron Golem.
Posted By:
Arglypuff
(6/20/2010 2:10:40 AM)
no-one's mentioned Fungal Behemoth?
Posted By:
Wormfang
(8/19/2011 4:10:24 AM)
Why would anyone ever make a Golgari fungus deck?
-Swag_Crow
Posted By:
Swag_Crow
(1/20/2014 8:00:20 PM)
What's really cool about this card is if you use sporesower thallid you can attach spore counters to any fungus, not just thallids, including mycoloths and other creatures like tukatongues.
Posted By:
Donovan_Fabian
(2/11/2010 6:01:50 PM)